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• WARREN BOARD OF EDUCATION will have a records commission meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the superintendent’s conference room and the regular board meeting at 6 p.m. at Jefferson PK-8 School. • CHAMPION TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall on placement of an additional fire levy on the May ballot and for potential discussion with other surrounding community leaders on mutual aid. • BRACEVILLE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. • LORDSTOWN COUNCIL will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the municipal ...

Food drive benefits church pantry

LIBERTY — The fifth- and sixth-grade student council at Blott Guy PK-6 school recently demonstrated the power of service and community by organizing a food drive to support the Liberty Food Pantry at Church Hill United Methodist Church. Teachers, students and community members donated ...

High school journalism contest announced

Northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania high school students and their advisers can win prizes of up to $200 in the second annual Youngstown Press Club Scholastic Journalism Awards contest. Entries are being sought from students at 82 high schools in Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana, Mercer and Lawrence counties. The entry deadline is March 18. The competition categories are scholastic journalist of the year; adviser of the year; news story; feature story; sports news and features; editorial, colum n or opinion; reviews of products, movies, plays or books; photography; ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day events

SATURDAY WARREN — The Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” will be 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at TriYounity Health and Wellness Club, 239 Main Ave. SW, Warren. The event will include Vincent Shivers as historian storyteller, Pastor Orneil Heller as theological historian and Penny Wells as empowering educator. SUNDAY YOUNGSTOWN — The Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee of the Mahoning Valley will host its annual community interfaith worship service at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church, 1210 Himrod Ave., Youngstown. The messenger for ...

Polar Plunge set for Saturday

POLAR PLUNGE: The 2026 Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Ohio will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday at the beach area at Mosquito Lake State Park in Bazetta. The Law Enforcement Torch Run Mosquito Lake Polar Plunge has participants dive into icy waters to support the athletes of Special Olympics Ohio. Raise funds, rock outrageous costumes, and take the plunge — all while cheering on the movement that’s changing lives. There will be a costume contest. Preregistration is 4 to 6 p.m. today at the Cortland Moose Lodge, 6400 state Route 46, Mecca, and 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday ...

Martin Luther King Day events

SATURDAY WARREN — The Martin Luther King “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” will be 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Triyounity Health and Wellness Club, 239 Main Ave. SW, Warren. The event will include Vincent Shivers as historian storyteller, Pastor Orneil Heller as theological historian and Penny Wells as empowering educator. SUNDAY YOUNGSTOWN — The Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee of the Mahoning Valley will host its annual community interfaith worship service at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church, 1210 Himrod Ave., Youngstown. The messenger for the ...